Monthly Archive for May, 2012

: May, 2012

A top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to the airwaves today to tout President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to the Capital Region, choosing to highlight the nanoscale science center the president will visit Tuesday. Howard Glaser, Cuomo’s director of state operations, said Obama’s visit is a nod to the global standing of the SUNY […] …

Jim Maisano, the Republican minority leader on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, has told his caucus that he will vote no on the reproductive clinic access bill now before the board. The board is expected to vote tonight at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. at the Michaelian Office Building in White Plains. In […] …

A conservative Virginia-based organization, the State Government Leadership Foundation, has launched a six-figure multi-state ad campaign – including here in New York – that casts teachers unions as “bullies” and enemies of public school kids. According to the accompanying press release, the campaign “targets states where teachers unions have most onerously abused their influence over …

…compliments of Chris Cuomo’s Twitterfeed, here’s a photo of what he says is “one shelf (of many)” in the governor’s toolbox. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a self-professed gearhead. He is never happier than while tinkering with his garage full of 1970s muscle cars and a custom-made motorcycle. Brother Chris once said of the governor’s ability …

Good morning! Happy Monday! Gov. Andrew Cuomo is back at the Capitol today, and will hold a 1 p.m. announcement. Legislators are coming back, too, to talk about mixed-martial arts. here are headlines …

I’m not sure how this one slipped through the cracks – perhaps because there was never a formal announcement (at least none that I can find) about the hiring by the Cuomo administration of a new head of Film, Arts & Cultural Development. According to the WHC Insider, the governor has tapped Rhoda Glickman to …

I spoke briefly last night to Assemblyman Guillermo Linares after he sent out a statement formally announcing his long-speculated run for Sen. Adriano Espaillat’s upper Manhattan seat. When I asked if he planned to stay in the race regardless of the outcome of Espaillat’s primary challenge to Rep. Charlie Rangel, Linares assured me – twice …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement in the Capitol’s Red Room at 1 p.m. The NYT’s Danny Hakim reports Cuomo will propose creating an agency dedicated to investigating problems with the care of nearly one million vulnerable New Yorkers. The agency would employ a special prosecutor, be granted subpoena power and have the authority to …